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Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation raises €3 billion in its first public euro green bond sale

Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has raised €3 billion (U$3.5 billion) by selling its first euro-denominated public green bonds, in its largest bond deal to date. The semi-privatised corporation said on Thursday that the sale also marked the largest Asia ex-Japan non-sovereign euro green bond offering. Amid a string of new rail projects in Hong Kong, the MTR Corp is raising fresh capital to fund them. The latest deal is the third round of bond sales so far this year, bringing the total..

Delfin to Proceed with US' First Floating LNG Project

Delfin announced a $5 billion investment to launch a Gulf Coast project that will be the United States' first floating liquefied natural gas facility.

Santander, JPM to Back $1B TGS Vaca Muerta Financing

Citigroup, Santander, and JPM are among lenders working on a roughly $1 billion finance package for a project by TGS in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation, according to people familiar with the matter.

Oil prices fall 3% on report Trump reluctant to restart Iran war

President Donald Trump told aides that he won't resume the war unless U.S. troops are killed, according to The Wall Street Journal.

U.S. Lawmakers Push New Ukraine Aid and Russia Sanctions

The US House of Representatives voted on June 3 to advance legislation providing new military assistance to Ukraine, overcoming opposition from the administration and marking the first major Ukraine support measure to gain traction in Congress since Donald Trump's return to office. The House approved a procedural motion by a vote of 218-204, clearing the way for a final vote on the Ukraine Support Act, a bill that would provide billions of dollars in military assistance, strengthen sanctions aga

Investment: Is a dividend strategy worth it in a recession?

A reader would like to make his portfolio crisis-proof with a targeted dividend strategy consisting of a few individual stocks. But the recession unsettles him.

Spiegel Online: “Higher contributions, fewer benefits – that’s how expensive care is for citizens”

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Dutch plant for combat-zone robots offers fresh supply pipeline for Ukraine

The facility has already produced its first THeMIS vehicle for the Dutch government, part of a run of more than 100 such robots pledged by the Netherlands.

Tax fraud: Fewer paper receipts when purchasing - Finance Minister Klingbeil relaxes the receipt requirement

The receipt requirement causes a lot of trouble. A bill now provides for gradual abolition. To this end, the cash register requirement is being tightened in order to make tax fraud more difficult.

South Korea Boosts Jet Fuel Exports to Nine-Month High

South Korea’s refiners have increased processing rates and jet fuel exports as crude imports into the Asian country recover and wide open arbitrage encourages shipments to the U.S. West Coast, analysts have told Reuters. South Korea likely shipped the highest volumes of jet fuel in May since August last year, according to data Reuters has compiled from trade sources and energy flow tracking firms including Vortexa and Kpler. Last month, South Korea exported between 8.67 million barrels to 9.46 m

Avangrid Bags New Contract to Power Microsoft

Expected to start commercial operation 2028, the 140-MWdc Bluebird in Klickitat County, Washington is the fourth Avangrid project to have the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant as a customer.

Small plane crash in Croatia leaves 4 dead, 2 missing

Four people were killed on Thursday in a plane crash on Croatia’s northern Adriatic coast, police said. “According to currently available information four people have died” in the crash of the plane in Medulin, on Croatia’s northwestern Istria peninsula, a police statement said. The accident occurred in the Campanoz area, outside the town, and “all emergency services are on the scene”, it added. The national firefighting association said it had received a report of the crash near the Medulin...

Iran Says 'No Tangible Progress' in Talks with U.S.

Iran has signaled that there has been “no tangible progress” in the talks with the U.S. on a potential deal while the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire announced by the United States overnight appears shaky. “No tangible progress has been achieved in the negotiation process,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was quoted as saying by the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim. The U.S. and Iran have been exchanging messages on a framework proposal for a potential agreement for weeks. The oil market

Higher mortgage rates don't just keep buyers on the sidelines. Application denials rise too

The denial rate in loan applications was 15.1% in 2024, up from 12.2% in 2021, a rise that occurred alongside surging mortgage rates, the St. Louis Fed found.

License to Drill Act Passes USA House of Representatives

The bill still needs to pass the Senate and go to U.S. President Donald Trump to become law, the Congress.gov site shows.

SpaceX IPO Dates just came out

Just got my hands on the official key dates for the Australian portion of what looks like the SpaceX IPO process. If you're following this closely, here’s what’s coming: Australian Prospectus Date & Offer opens: June 4, 2026 (today basically) Offer closes: 5:00PM on June 10, 2026 Final price drops: June 11 Trading starts on Nasdaq + Nasdaq Texas: June 12 Settlement (shares issued): June 15 This thing is moving insanely fast. Looks like it’s actually happening. Anyone else putting in an applicati

Express certificates

I would be interested in your opinion on the subject of express certificates. For screwballs like me, they seem to have been made: After all the recent rally, I don't believe in stock markets necessarily only rising in the medium term, but I don't believe in a complete crash either. So I exchange the possible unlimited upside of an ETF/stock investment for defined return opportunities + risk buffer. submitted by /u/Ok-Minimum-9613 [link] [comments]

Japan’s PM Takaichi eyes India trip for talks with leader Modi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering visiting India early next month to meet with her counterpart Narendra Modi to discuss cooperation on strengthening supply chains of critical goods given concerns about China’s economic coercion, government sources said on Thursday. Takaichi aims to deepen bilateral collaboration in a wide range of fields covering defence, economic issues and cutting-edge technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, according to the...

Iranian, Russian Crude Premiums Slide as China Pulls Back on Imports

Weak demand from Iran’s top crude buyer, China, has dragged Iranian flagship oil prices into discounts to ICE Brent for the first time in two months, trade sources told Reuters on Thursday. Demand for Iranian oil in its biggest export market has waned in recent weeks, as imports in China slump to multi-month lows and the independent refiners, the so-called teapots that buy the bulk of Iran’s oil, reduce run rates. This has dragged the price of Iranian Light crude to discounts ranging from $0.50

Ukraine war: Moscow admits decreased oil production for the first time

Officially, it is supposed to be maintenance work that is slowing down Russia's oil economy - but Ukrainian attacks are putting Moscow's energy business under increasing pressure.

Lanzatech: market cap $70M, hidden assets worth 6x more - deep value analysis

Introduction Lanzatech ($LNZA) is a company that captures industrial waste gases from steel mills and refineries and ferments them into ethanol. That ethanol is the feedstock for Lanzajet's alcohol-to-jet process producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The technology is licensed globally. LanzaTech does not operate fuel plants directly. Beyond SAF, Lanzatech operates a parallel carbon recycling business under its CarbonSmart brand. LanzaJet funding - February 2026 Lanzajet closed a funding ro

Albanese Says 40MM More Liters of Diesel Secured for Queensland

The Australian government said it is pursuing further negotiations with industry for fuel and fertilizer.

WoodMac Names Most Admired Explorer

The award is determined by the votes of exploration leaders across the industry, supported by independent quantitative analysis conducted by Wood Mackenzie, WoodMac noted.

India’s Nayara Completes Maintenance at 400,000-Bpd Refinery

India’s Nayara Energy, which processes Russian oil, has completed a planned turnaround of its 400,000-barrels-per-day refinery at Vadinar, the Indian refiner said on Thursday. Nayara Energy, in which Rosneft holds 49% and which has been processing only Russian oil for months after the EU sanctions on the company, could boost fuel supply to the Indian market in the coming weeks. The refiner has pivoted to supply the domestic market to avoid the EU sanctions from the summer of 2025 on Nayara Energ

Sri Lanka nursing home fire kills 12

A ⁠dozen people ⁠have died in a fire at a home for older people in ‌Sri Lanka, police said on Thursday, while another eight have been hospitalised. The fire, which broke out at ⁠a home in Anguruwatota 55km (34 miles) from the commercial capital Colombo, ‌has been put out and ⁠the ⁠director of the establishment has ‌been arrested, police said. “A total of 51 ‌people were ‌rescued from the ‌home and they are being ⁠looked after by the military ⁠and public officials in the area,” police...

Energean Faces Competition for Chevron Stakes in Angola Blocks

Etu Energias is exercising its pre-emption right in an agreement under which Chevron is selling its interests in 2 producing oil and gas licenses offshore Angola to Energean.

Can someone explain to me why the returns since purchase are two different amounts? (Scalable Capital)

Hello everyone, I just got into the Neo Broker business a few months ago and was a little confused about the amount of my actual return. Above I see a plus of 117.74 euros. However, further down in the portfolio it says that it has increased by 421.48 euros or 421.89 (?) euros since purchase. Can someone explain to me where this deviation comes from and which number should be the deciding factor for me? submitted by /u/UnleashYourSoul [link] [comments]

Iraq Revives Kurdistan Production in Bid to Rescue Oil Revenues

Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali Falih Al-Zaidi has directed oil companies operating in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan to resume operations beginning on Thursday, as OPEC’s second-largest producer scrambles to export crude with the Strait of Hormuz de facto closed. At a meeting with executives from oil companies operating in Kurdistan and top officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Al-Zaidi directed companies to restart activities on Thursday, “emphasizing the importance of joi

Trump-backed trade route casts spotlight on Armenia election

House Passes War Powers Measure on Iran, But Trump Will Likely Kill It

The House voted 215-208 on Wednesday to direct President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the Iran conflict, with four Republicans crossing the aisle in the most significant congressional pushback on Operation Epic Fury since the war began Feb. 28. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), invokes the 1973 War Powers Act and directs Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress formally declares war or authorizes the use of military force.